On 23 Mar 97, after being hired as WNBA commissioner, Ed Grinnell said:
 EG> Let me get this straight - a #15 seed beats a #2 seed, a #14 seed beats
 EG> a #3 seed and then beats a #6 seed to make the Sweet 16 and yet, after a
 EG> #4 seed beats a #1 seed, Jim Gray labels THAT game as the biggest upset
 EG> of the tournament.
A typical mediot response.
 EG> Wait a minute, folks, the #4 seed is SUPPOSED to be in the Sweet 16, the 
 EG> #14 seed isn't. I don't even buy the argument that Duke vs UNLV was the
 EG> biggest upset in the last 10 years because Duke was a #2 seed (Let's not
 EG> forget that UNLV struggled in the middle rounds in 1990 against Ohio
 EG> State and Ball State and they had tough games against Georgetown and
 EG> Seton Hall before they played Duke). Kansas beating Oklahoma was a MUCH
 EG> bigger upset than that one.
Not only was it not a huge upset, but as someone who watched virtually every 
UNLV game down the stretch, it was not all that suprising.  They did not play 
well down the stretch at all, whether it was from the pressure of being 
undefeated or just plain complacency, they were not the same team that looked 
nearly like an NBA team early in the season.  At least they lost to a team 
with some class.
... Look at him go... Vanover could...go...all...the...way -- and he does!
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